254 57. SCEOPHTJXAKIACEa. 



3. V. puherulm'tum (Vill.) ; I obscurely crenate clothed wUh 

 mealy deciduous wool on both sides, lower 1. oblong-elliptic at- 

 tenuated into a stalk, upper 1. sessile acuminate, st. terete pani- 

 cled above with patent branches, stam. nearly equal scarlet with 

 white hairs.— ^. £. 487. It. xx. 1667.— Height about 3 feet. 

 SI. on very short stalks, which, as well as the calyx, are densely 

 covered with wool, bi-ic/ht yellow. Cal. -teeth often glabrous. — 

 Roadsides in Norfolk and Suffolk. B. VII. Hoary Mullein. E. 



tt Flowers yellow ; hairs on the filaments purple. 



4. V. niyriim (L.) ; 1. doubly crenate nearly glabrous above 

 subpubescent beneath, lower 1. cordate or ovate-oblong with long 

 stalks, upper 1. cordate-ovate nearly sessilej st. angular, raceme 

 elongated, pedicels twice as long as the calyx, stam. equal vrith 

 purple hairs. — JH. B. 50. R. xx. 1640. — Fl. in clusters on a 

 nearly simple long spike, small, bright yellow. — 18. tomentosum 

 (Bab.) ; 1. subpubescent above woolly beneath, fl. smaller, — 

 Banks and waysides. /3. Alderney. P. VII. VHI. Darh Mullein. 



E. S. 



*** Leaves not, or very slightly decurrent. 



5. V. Blattdria (L.) ; 1. crenate glabrous, lower 1. ovate-oblong 

 blunt sinuate, upper 1. oblong or subcordate semiamplexicaul, 

 pedicels solitary nearly twice as long as the bract, stam. and anth. 

 unequal.— -E. B. 303. R. xx. 1653.— Height 5—6 feet. Raceme 

 glandular-pilose. Fl. cream-coloured. Filaments with purple 

 hairs, the 2 longer hairy only on the inside. — On gravelly banks, 

 rare. B. VIH. Moth-Mullein. E. 'I. 



6. V. virgdtum (With.) ; 1. doubly serrate slightly glandular- 

 hairy, lower 1. oblong-lanceolate sublyrate lobate-crenate-serrate, 

 upper 1. oblong-acuminate semiamplexioaul,^e(ZK;e&l — 5 together 

 shorter than the bracts, stam. nearly equal. — JE. B. 550. R. xx. 

 1655. — Usually much stouter than Sp. 5. Height 3 — 4 feet. 

 Raceme glandular-pilose. Fl. yellow. FUaments with purple 

 hairs, 2 rather longer and hairy only within. — On gravelly 

 banks, rare. B. VIH. E. I, 



[Minus alpinus (L.) ; 1. spathulate deeply serrate smoothish, 

 ped. terminal subcorymbose. — Subceespitose. Fl.-shoots 3 — 8 

 in. long, ascending. — ^In abundance on the old bed of the river 

 near Tanfleld, Yorkshire. P. VII.] 



2, Diqita'lis Linn. Foxglove. 



1. D. purpurea (L.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate crenate downy be- 

 neath, lower 1. narrowed into footstalks, sep. ovate-oblong acute 

 3-veined downy, cor. blunt glabrous externally, upper lip scarcely 



